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Complex TV
Main Menu
Introduction
Videos for Introduction
Complexity in Context
Beginnings
Videos for Chapter 2
Authorship
Characters
Comprehension
Evaluation
Serial Melodrama
Orienting Paratexts
Transmedia Storytelling
Ends
Video Gallery
Table of Contents
Jason Mittell
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THE WEST WING, "Noël", climaxes with a powerful example of a narrative special effect
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The climactic scene in this episode uses interweaving atemporality and a false flashback to create a moment where the operational aesthetic and emotional engagement merge.
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REVENGE opens the series with a flash forward to set up narrative enigmas, a complex strategy that has become increasingly common in the past decade.
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REVENGE, "Pilot" (ABC, 2011) is an example of how narratively complex TV has become so commonplace to be unremarkable, rather than just the domain of so-called prestige series.
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AWAKE's opening moments highlight how a series must establish its tone and narrative conventions immediately.
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AWAKE (NBC, 2012), "Pilot," opens with trauma and cues us how to proceed.
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA offers an exemplary narrative special effect.
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A striking example of a narrative special effect, with a year's flash forward contained with what appears to be a single shot.
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BREAKING BAD's "Pilot" opens with a vivid flash forward to introduce us to Walter White
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The opening moments of the series work to establish the character of Walter White through costuming, performance, and intertextual cues.
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2015-03-12T11:32:26-07:00
BREAKING BAD's third season concludes with unintentional ambiguity.
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In this final moment of the season, a moment of unintentional ambiguity invites the authorial figure to step in and clarify.
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2015-03-12T11:32:26-07:00
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BREAKING BAD, "Cornered" features an iconic confrontation highlighting character interiority
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In one of the program's most memorable scenes, we see the distance between how Walt seems himself and how others see him, forcing us to wonder how we viewers judge his character.
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER introduces Dawn in the 5th season premiere - even though she is a teenager who has seemingly lived her whole life in Buffy's family.
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Buffy's sister Dawn makes her first appearance in the 5th season, creating a narrative enigma that will not be answered for over a month during the original broadcast.
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2015-03-12T11:32:27-07:00
THE WEST WING, "Noël", climaxes with a powerful example of a narrative special effect
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The climactic scene in this episode uses interweaving atemporality and a false flashback to create a moment where the operational aesthetic and emotional engagement merge.
plain
2015-03-12T11:32:27-07:00
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VERONICA MARS series opener starts with an explicit homage to film noir, framing genre expectations.
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VERONICA MARS, "Pilot" (UPN, 2004) highlights the mixture of film noir and light-hearted teen drama
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2015-03-12T11:15:38-07:00
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2015-03-12T11:33:37-07:00
Jason Mittell
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2015-03-11T14:36:15-07:00
VERONICA MARS series opener starts with an explicit homage to film noir, framing genre expectations.
2
VERONICA MARS, "Pilot" (UPN, 2004) highlights the mixture of film noir and light-hearted teen drama
plain
2015-03-12T11:30:56-07:00
1
2015-03-12T07:44:44-07:00
REVENGE opens the series with a flash forward to set up narrative enigmas, a complex strategy that has become increasingly common in the past decade.
2
REVENGE, "Pilot" (ABC, 2011) is an example of how narratively complex TV has become so commonplace to be unremarkable, rather than just the domain of so-called prestige series.
plain
2015-03-12T12:58:37-07:00
1
2015-03-12T07:44:45-07:00
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA offers an exemplary narrative special effect.
2
A striking example of a narrative special effect, with a year's flash forward contained with what appears to be a single shot.
plain
2015-03-12T11:18:39-07:00
1
2015-03-12T11:32:26-07:00
BREAKING BAD's "Pilot" opens with a vivid flash forward to introduce us to Walter White
2
The opening moments of the series work to establish the character of Walter White through costuming, performance, and intertextual cues.
plain
2015-03-12T15:38:01-07:00
1
2015-03-12T11:32:25-07:00
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER introduces Dawn in the 5th season premiere - even though she is a teenager who has seemingly lived her whole life in Buffy's family.
1
Buffy's sister Dawn makes her first appearance in the 5th season, creating a narrative enigma that will not be answered for over a month during the original broadcast.
plain
2015-03-12T11:32:25-07:00
1
2015-03-12T11:32:26-07:00
BREAKING BAD's third season concludes with unintentional ambiguity.
1
In this final moment of the season, a moment of unintentional ambiguity invites the authorial figure to step in and clarify.
plain
2015-03-12T11:32:26-07:00
1
2015-03-12T11:32:27-07:00
THE WEST WING, "Noël", climaxes with a powerful example of a narrative special effect
1
The climactic scene in this episode uses interweaving atemporality and a false flashback to create a moment where the operational aesthetic and emotional engagement merge.
plain
2015-03-12T11:32:27-07:00
1
2015-03-12T11:32:27-07:00
AWAKE's opening moments highlight how a series must establish its tone and narrative conventions immediately.
1
AWAKE (NBC, 2012), "Pilot," opens with trauma and cues us how to proceed.
plain
2015-03-12T11:32:27-07:00